[PATCH] vc_screen: break from vcs_read() while loop if vcs_vc() returns NULL

From: George Kennedy
Date: Mon Feb 06 2023 - 12:35:06 EST


If vcs_vc() returns NULL in vcs_read(), break if partial read,
else if no reads have been done, go to unlock_out and return ENXIO.

Fixes: 226fae124b2d ("vc_screen: move load of struct vc_data pointer in vcs_read() to avoid UAF")
Reported-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: George Kennedy <george.kennedy@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/tty/vt/vc_screen.c | 7 +++++--
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/tty/vt/vc_screen.c b/drivers/tty/vt/vc_screen.c
index f566eb1839dc..29288401cf9e 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/vt/vc_screen.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/vt/vc_screen.c
@@ -403,10 +403,13 @@ vcs_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf, size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
unsigned int this_round, skip = 0;
int size;

- ret = -ENXIO;
vc = vcs_vc(inode, &viewed);
- if (!vc)
+ if (!vc) {
+ if (read)
+ break;
+ ret = -ENXIO;
goto unlock_out;
+ }

/* Check whether we are above size each round,
* as copy_to_user at the end of this loop
--
2.31.1